Rolle
surname · English · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Rolle is a surname, most frequently recorded in the Bahamas, where it is the most common surname. It appears chiefly in English and Spanish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: roll, reel, spool.
- BSBahamas1 in 24◐
- DEGermany1 in 22K
- USUnited States1 in 69K
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
- ≈6.7K ●
- Sources
- 277 ●
- 1 in 296 ◐
across 12 countries
60K records
Official registry-verified
Dominica
Spellings & scripts●
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Roelle in AT Austria, GH Ghana, DZ Algeria.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin●
roll, reel, spool
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS Bahamas | #1 | 28,557 | 1K rec. | — | 14K | Rolle | 90 |
| DE Germany | — | 5,119 | 4.8K rec. | — | — | Rolle | 97 |
| US United States | — | 4,819 | 47K rec. | 1 in 69K | 4.8K | Rolle | 277 |
| PH Philippines | — | 2,315 | 2.1K rec. | — | — | Rolle | 32 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | 1,315 | 1.2K rec. | — | — | Rolle | 62 |
| AU Australia | — | 628 | 621 rec. | — | — | Rolle | 38 |
| CA Canada | — | 390 | 390 rec. | — | — | Rolle | 43 |
| AR Argentina | — | 356 | 0 rec. | 1 in 128K | 356 | — | 1 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 351△ | 49 rec. | 1 in 24K | 351 | Rolle | 23 |
| DM Dominica | #24 | 251△ | 8 rec. | 1 in 296 | 251 | Rolle | 3 |
| IT Italy | — | 238 | 206 rec. | — | listed | Rolle | 36 |
| FR France | — | 216 | 0 rec. | 1 in 314K | 216 | — | 2 |
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- English79K72%
- Spanish8.3K8%
- French7.3K7%
- German6.4K6%
- 2.3K2%
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| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| English | 79,178 | 72% |
| Spanish | 8,348 | 8% |
| French | 7,276 | 7% |
| German | 6,402 | 6% |
| 2,338 | 2% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Other recorded senses●
Rolle is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Different form of Rollo.
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
In frm, role (function or position of something)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, singular present subjunctive of rollen
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Afrikaans, plural of rol
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1891 | 77 |
| 1901 | 125 |
| 1911 | 98 |
| 1921 | 168 |
| 1931 | 122 |
| 1941 | 137 |
| 1951 | 212 |
| 1961 | 201 |
| 1971 | 156 |
| 1981 | 170 |
| 1991 | 216 |
FR INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) — 11 years between 1891–1991. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Richard Rolleb. 1300GBEnglish hermit and religious writer (c.1300–1349)
- Michel Rolleb. 1652FRFrench mathematician
- Margaret Rolle, 15th Baroness Clintonb. 1709GBEnglish peeress
- Johann Heinrich Rolleb. 1716DEGerman baroque composer *1785
- John Rolle, 1st Baron Rolleb. 1756GBBritish peer (1756–1842)
- Antoni Józef Rolleb. 1830PLPolish physician, historian (1830-1894)
- Esther Rolleb. 1920USactress (1920-1998)
- Chris Rolleb. 1978USAmerican rapper
- Magnum Rolleb. 1986BSBahamian basketball player (born 1986)
- SpaceGhostPurrpb. 1991USnot in their usual nameAmerican rapper and record producer from Florida
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence●
Attested in 39 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BS Bahamas | The Bahamas, a Caribbean archipelago, features a rich variety of common surnames reflecting its multicultural heritage. | 2026 | 14K | #1 |
| BS Bahamas | This page lists the most common surnames in The Bahamas, published by WorldNames. | 2023 | 14K | #1 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 4.8K | #6,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 4.7K | #6,960 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 4K | #7,752 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 356 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 351 | #3,759 |
| DM Dominica | Dominica — Revised List of Electors May 2025 | 2025 | 251 | #55 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 216 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 212 | #15,835 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 212 | #15,794 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 212 | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 73 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Rolle?
- We estimate roughly 6.7 thousand people bear Rolle (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
- In which country does Rolle have the most bearers?
- Rolle is most frequently recorded in the Bahamas, where it is most often spelled rolle.
- How common is Rolle compared with other names?
- In the Bahamas, Rolle is the most common surname of 2,589 surnames recorded there.
- What does the name Rolle mean?
- Recorded meaning: roll, reel, spool
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About this data
Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rolle” — the most common surname in Bahamas. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.